Toy



July 2, i929.. R, ARMBRECHT I 1,719,460

TOY

Filed Nov. 18, 1927 sheets-Sheet 1 July 2, 1929.v l R ARMBRECHT 1,719,460

TOY

Filed Nov. 18, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITED STATESv RAYMOND ARMBRECHT, OF STAPELTON, NEW YORK.

TOY,

Application ined November 18, l1927'. serial No. 234,192.

My invention relates to improvements in games or toys, and it .is the principal object of my invent-ion isk to provide a new playtoy especially for children which is not only interesting` and amusing but also challenging the ingenuity of the player and one which requires certain skill, thereby making the game valuable and educational for children and even of interest for older people by requiring the proper gauging of the amount of force necessary to skillfully catapult the representation of an aeroplane which has ring shape so that it is caught at the point of the towerconstituting the goal. or end of its flight.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a game or toy of this type especially attractive to children of this modern age, as well known allegorie'ligmres and features are used to attract and hold the interest of the player.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a toy which I call The great flight i of' extremely simple and therefore inexpensive construction, yet durable and exceedingly eflicient in its operation.

A still further object of my invent-ion is a toy of the character described above, trepresent-ing the Atlantic Ocean in which islands are located which ships are cross-- ing' and over which the flight of the aeroplane from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the Eiffel Tower in France is taking place.

These and other objects of my invention and advantages thereof will become more fully apparent as the description thereof proceeds, arldjvill then be specifically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure Figure 1 is a. side elevationof a. toy constructed according to my invention with the airship in flight.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the game or toy base.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of one end' of the game board.

Figure 4t is a section on line 4 4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an end view of the toy aeroplane to be catapulted.

Figure 6 is a top plan View thereof.

Asillustrated, the game or toy comprises a base l() of any suitable material, shape and dimension at one end of which an allegorie figure 11, for instance a representation' of the well known Statue of `Liberty in New York Harbor on a suitable pedestal 12 is erected while on its opposite end the base 10 carries a tower V13, forinst'an'ce representation of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on a base 14.

The central part 15' of the base' is supposed to represent the Atlantic Ocean sepa- .rating the main land of the United States, as shown. at 16, from the mainland 'of France, as indicated at 17.r Numerous islands in the ocean are shown designated generally at 18; and shipsl plying between both countries are indicated at 19 and 20.

In front of the pedestal 12 a frame 21 is arranged to represent an aeroplane hangar constituting a platform from which an aeroplane is to be catapulted.

This aeroplane, designated 22 has the form illustrated in Figure 6 in topplan View and in Figure 5 in end view. As shown, the wing A of the plane is loop shaped, as at 24,

Figure 5, and has a depending member 25 fitting into a slot 26 of the frame 21 to hold and guide the aeroplane having a rear part or tail 26 and resting wit-h its member 25 against the upper end of a strong leaf spring 24' secured at one end to the base 10 as indicated at 29 while its other branch is curved upwardly and rearwardly and engaged intermediate its ends as at 29 by a lever 30 fulcrumed at its opposite end to an arm 31 i to the other end of which is pivotally secured a link 32 the opposite end of which is pivotally attached to a substantially vertical arm or lever 33 'to the upper end of which is pivotally attached a link 34 the opposite end of which vis pivotally attached to the pivot point 35 of the arm 36 of the'allegorie figure.

The operation of the toy will be entirely clear from the above description by inspection of the drawings. If it isy desired to catapult the ring-shaped aeroplane from its hangar at the foot .of the representation of the Statute of Liberty towards the representation of the Eiffel Tower, the plane is set with its depending part 25 into the slot 26 of the platform 21 engaging spring 27. `If now the arm 36 of the statute is pressed rear wardly and then released the spring will catapult the airship toward the tower, and if proper aim is taken, and the propelling force is properly gauged, the plane will be caught with its ring 24 on the point of the tower.

It will be understood that I have shown and described as one example of the many ways in which my toy may be practically constructed, the preferred form thereof, and that I may make such changes in its general arrangement, and in the construction of the minor details thereof, as come within the scope of the appended claims without departure from the spirit of my invention and the principles involved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is j l. A toy of the class described comprising` a base, a pedestal erected at one end of said base, a statute having a raised and weighted arm on said pedestal, 4a tower on the opposite end of said base having a point, a hangar near said pedestal having` a slotted roof constituting a platform, a ring-shaped aeroplane, a depending member thereon adapted to engage in the slot of said platform, a system of levers, a spring engaged by said aeroplane at one end of said system of levers the other end of said lever system adapted to be operated by said arm to actuate said spring for eatapulting said aeroplane towards the point of said tower to be caught thereon under the proper manipulation of said system of levers by said arm.

2. In al toy of the class described a base, a frame having a slot.J a projectile, a depending member on said projectile adapted to be passed through said slot, a strong leaf spring on said base, an upwardly and rearwardly curved branch formed with said spring against which said member normally rests, and a lever of a syst-em of levers adapted to bend said spring' and to release the same for catapultingsaid projectile upon the release of said spring by said lever.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 16th day of November, A. D. 1927.

RAYMOND ARMBRECH'I. 

